JAKARTA - Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has taken an equity stake in FTX and will receive compensation in cryptocurrency. This was revealed by FTX, which is a cryptocurrency exchange based in the Bahamas, Monday, March 21. Naomi has been getting endorsements from one of the most valuable startups in the world.

The four-time Grand Slam winner signed a long-term partnership agreement with FTX, in which Naomi will focus on bringing women to her crypto platform. Not only that, he will also play an active role in directing and producing content.

Reported by Reuters, FTX, as owner and operator of crypto platform FTX.com, has raised capital rapidly over the past year. SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 also invested $400 million in the company last January. This huge fund has catapulted the value of FTX to 32 billion US dollars. Read more

Prior to investing in FTX, Naomi was also known to support salad chain Sweetgreen Inc (SG.N) which was listed in New York last year. He is also an adviser to the special-purpose acquisition company, Disruptive Acquisition Corporation I, along with other well-known athletes such as Patrick Mahomes and Robert Lewandowski.


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